Dog dies 4 days after pit bull mauling

[KurtNYC]

18. My dogs got attacked yesterday by a pitbull

Just came running out of someone's home, across a street full of traffic, snarling. I've got two leashes in my hands so I can't kick it hard enough to stop it so it pops my female then goes for my male. A person, who denied being the owner, got there 30 seconds later and grabbed it and ran off. A cop saw the whole thing go down and wanted me to press charges but after checking my dogs I saw no major injuries and declined because I don't want to have to deal with the non-owner/non-responsible person(s) and while it could have been worse, it wasn't. The attacking dog did not bite and hold -- it just put it teeth on both of my dogs.

If your dog is attacked by any other dog and it is bite-and-hold you have to knock the wind out of it. Don't hit it in the head. Don't try to pry its jaws open. Just keep kicking it below the rib cage until you knock the wind out of it and it will open its mouth. You can also kick it as hard as you can in the testicles because chances are, it has a set, and that is a big part of the problem. A wide collar on your own dog's neck can help keep the attacker from getting to the veins and pepper spray (allegedly) can help stop a charging dog but good luck deploying it in time.